Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Choice (Sci-Fi Adventure for Covenant RPG)

The Choice

by Steve Wilson

You wake up in a white metallic room. The bed you
are lying on is quite comfortable, complete with a black cushion underneath
you. Strangely, the black cushion pulses, as if it’s breathing. You are dressed
in nothing but a magenta bathrobe.

Through the large window, you see space. Is that the
sun in the sky? It looks even brighter today than it did yesterday. And now you
notice that this room is refreshingly cool, unlike the Earth with its
blistering heat and lack of water. Everyone knows that life on the third planet
from the soonish-to-be white dwarf won’t last much longer.

On the other side of the room is a door, which
shimmers out of existence as two spherical objects covered in tendrils glide
through. One is colored a glowing bright orange; the other radiates cornflower
blue.

The orange organic-energy thing emits words without
opening any type of mouth, “Welcome, chosen ones! You have been given a great
honor and will serve your species well.”

The blue one follows: “Like yours, our civilization
was once doomed to extinction. Atmospheric, geologic, and biological dangers
abounded century after century.”

The orange being: “We even had wars over how to
solve these problems, with some advocating for one way, and others a different
method.”

Blue: “But we were finally able to stabilize our
planet… and our society, and now we have come to offer your people a place with
us. But only a portion of your people.”

Orange: “We’re sorry, but our planet won’t be able
to support all of you. It is very small compared to yours. Out of the
approximately 1 billion humans still living, we propose to take 50,000 of you.
Though not all of your people will be saved, a remnant will be preserved.”

Blue: “But which humans to save? That’s where you
come in. We have randomly selected you from your population to determine the
criteria by which we choose the 50,000.”

Orange: “Because we’re not familiar with your
species and what makes a person of your kind valuable, it will be up to you to
identify the best of your people. The others, unfortunately, will remain here
and die within the next year.

Blue: “We’ll leave you now to discuss. But we must
have your answer within two of your days.”

Orange: “In the meantime, everything you need will
be provided. If you’d like to speak to us, simply press the button by the
door.”

(Create
your character and request to play!)

Possible
Player Characters

Players may use their
existing Character Builds. Their
characters will level up once the Adventure is finished.